BACKFIRING

Meaning of BACKFIRING in English

noun

see backfire II

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BACKFIRING — Име&
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BACKFIRING — Име&
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DIN — I. ˈdin noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dyne; akin to Old High German tuni din, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: back (III) + fire 1. a. : a fire started counter to an advancing forest or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — /bak"fuyeur'/ , v. , backfired, backfiring , n. v.i. 1. (of an internal-combustion engine) to have a loud, premature explosion …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PETARD — [ pɪ'tα:d ] ■ noun historical a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder. ↘a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOIST WITH (OR BY) ONE'S OWN PETARD — hoist with ( or by) one's own petard having one's schemes against others backfiring on one. → petard
Concise Oxford English vocab
WILDLAND FIRE — uncontrolled fire in a forest, grassland, brushland, or land sown to crops. Fire danger in a wildland setting varies with …
Britannica English vocabulary
BACKFIRE — I backfire noun BrE AmE ˈbæk ˌfa ɪ ‿ə AmE -ˌfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ backfire|s z II backfire verb BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — v. & n. --v.intr. 1 undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of an internal-combustion engine. 2 (of …
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BACKFIRE — v. & n. v.intr. 1 undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of an internal-combustion engine. 2 (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — v. & n. --v.intr. 1. undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of an internal-combustion engine. 2 (of …
Oxford English vocab
BACKFIRE — ( backfires, backfiring, backfired) 1. If a plan or project backfires , it has the opposite result to the one …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACKFIRE — (~s, backfiring, ~d) 1. If a plan or project ~s, it has the opposite result to the one that was …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BACKFIRE — (MAKE NOISE) [verb] [I] - (of an engine) to make a loud noise as a result of fuel burning too …
Cambridge English vocab
FAR — INDEX: 1. a long distance 2. when something you can see or hear is far away 3. far away from …
Longman Activator English vocab
ANTI-BACKFIRE VALVE — Valve used in air injection reaction ( exhaust emission control ) system to prevent backfiring during the period immediately following …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms
ПЕРЕБОЙ — 1. (неравномерность биения сердца) irregularity; пульс с ~ями irregular pulse; ~и cердца irregular heartbeat sg 2. (в работе механизма) misfire; …
Русско-Английский словарь общей тематики
ПЕРЕБОЙ — 1. (неравномерность биения сердца) irregularity; пульс с ~ями irregular pulse; ~и cердца irregular heartbeat sg 2. (в работе механизма) misfire; мотор работает с ~ями …
Русско-Английский словарь - QD
ПЕРЕБОЙ — муж. stoppage, hold-up interruption break irregularity misfire intermission мед. перебо|й - м. 1. (неравномерность биения сердца) irregularity пульс с ~ями …
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